Red Cross is trialling a phone service in Queensland that helps the elderly reconnect with the world around them through weekly phone calls in their mother languages.
The social isolation of elderly migrants is a matter poorly researched and little understood. The program done by Red Cross has already given many a new outlook on life and allowed others to voice the issues they face.
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